Event

In Black and White, upon entering the Lab with Genesect in the party, a Scientist named Dudley will appear and become surprised that the player has the Pokémon of the canceled project that he was working on. He will request a battle with the player, then hand over two Drives (depending on game version) after being defeated.

Geography

P2 Laboratory is a small building that appears to have been unused for years; however, it contains some working machines which are still running and there are books and papers lying around. There is an item, a Dubious Disc, lying on the floor in the middle of the room. If the left side the desk is checked, a memo detailing the experiment conducted in the lab is found; it describes how the resident was hired by Team Plasma to create the strongest Pokémon but was cut off by N. The memo abruptly ends before the identity of Genesect is revealed. Outside of the lab, there are a few trees behind the building and a field with a small patch of tall grass, inhabited by wild Pokémon. There is also a TM on the ground and a Scientist in the field.

With the exception of Scientist Nathan, who is outside searching for Pokémon in the grass, the P2 Laboratory is completely empty until Genesect is brought. It is then occupied by a lone Scientist who left Team Plasma in resentment over N's decision to cancel his project, which involved reviving and enhancing Genesect.

Trainers

Pokémon Black and White

Event

In the anime

P2 Laboratory in the anime

The P2 Laboratory debuted in the anime in The Name's N!. At the beginning of the episode, N was investigating it, leading to his discovery of data related to Genesect. Later, Cilan pointed it out as Ash and his friends passed it on a ship.

Unlike in the games, the P2 Laboratory is seen to be completely destroyed beyond function and abandoned in the anime.

In the manga

P2 Laboratory in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The P2 Laboratory was first featured in The Shadow Triad, where the Shadow Triad was seen conducting experiments at the laboratory with a mysterious Pokémon. Soon, they were attacked by Cilan, Chili, and Cress, who had followed them there. However, even when they had their Pokémon at a type advantage and evolved with evolutionary stones to make them stronger, the Leaders of the Striaton Gym started to lose the battle. The Swords of Justice then arrived, observing the battle. Keldeo, who was able to sense the feelings of the fighting Pokémon, decided that the Gym Leaders needed to be helped. With the help of Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion, the Shadow Triad and their Pokémon were defeated. Not wanting the word of the intruders escaping getting out, the Shadow Triad unleashed the mysterious Pokémon at the Swords of Justice. Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion protected Keldeo from the Pokémon's attack, but were frozen in the process, and sunk into the depths of the sea below.